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From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 9A.Who moved the ways of the Enlightenment? La Hispania Ibérica. Su historia
Here we are, again bearing the last day of March of 2023. After 33 days of sailing in the Southern Ocean, we are approaching Itajai Port. Our desire to finish is probably higher than anything at the moment. From Eleonora Escalante’s Strategy, we are also counting the days to finish. We hope that in less…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 8B.Who moved the ways of the Enlightenment? Les lumières de la France.
Another Friday has come by, and here we are so enthusiastic about sharing our work of the week. We have collected, read, processed, cleaned, analyzed, and written the material about the French lumieres of the Enlightenment season in France (17th and 18th centuries). Find it below. I encourage you to download it, print it in…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 8 A. Who moved the ways of the enlightenment. France.
Have a beautiful day. I am eager to share all the work-in-progress knowledge material that I prepared for you last week. Find below our slides content about the French Historical background from the year 481, in which the Merovingian dynasty began; to the year 1789, in which the French Revolution occurred during the kingdom of…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 7B. Who moved the ways of the Enlightenment in Italy. La Dolce Vita Italiana. Section II.
As promised and after a long working day, find attached the information about each of the Enlightenment main figures of Italy. Blessings and thank you for reading to me. See you again next Friday 17th. We will proceed with the first French chapter of this saga. Leg 3 is in full disclosure towards Itajai. Photo Source: https://gfycat.com/gifs/search/volvo+ocean+race+extreme…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 7A. Who moved the ways of the Enlightenment in Italy. La Dolce Vita Italiana.
The Italian Peninsula’s historic background.It is a privilege to try to expose the main whereabouts of the Italian people. After the Etruscans were expelled from Rome in 510 BCE, the Roman Republic began its expansion journey and conveyed a series of domestic and political regional conflicts with former Greek important settings. An example of these…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 6. Section III. The English Philosophers from The British Empire (Continuation).
History and Philosophes of Britain.From the historiography of the major events that affected England in two centuries, or specifically, since the death of Queen Elizabeth I (1603) up to the French Revolution (1789); the English territories (including Scotland and Ireland) were of the highest degree of modifications. Click here to download the full chronology of…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 6. Section II. A brief history of the Isle of England
Have a beautiful Sunday. The last one of January 2023. We continue building all the elements of our dashboard for a complete integral overview of the Enlightenment period and how this affected our current philosophy of business modeling. On the other hand, in our campaign to stick our journey with the Ocean Race 2022-2023, we…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 6. The English Philosophers from The British Empire. Section I.
Changing the tactics.Last week we were fully dedicated to the German Lands timeline historiography first, and then to the German philosopher’s biographies. Given the behemoth dimensions of our outline content, this week we decided to change the tactics. I prioritized dedicating all this week to reading, reviewing, and verifying (as much as I can) each…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 5A. Who moved the ways of the Enlightenment Part B. The German Philosophers Medley
After a long Saturday of work, find below the profiles of the main figures of the German Enlightenment. I am truly exhausted. So I won´t write more than one paragraph. Please take a look at the slides. If you are keen enough to observe, you will find out which was the region that moved the…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 5. Who moved the ways of the Enlightenment Part B. The German Historic Context.
Historiography of the German lands: From 14 CE to 1648.This week, I have dedicated several days to comprehending again, the whole picture of the history of Germany, before landing into the German Aufklärung season. I discovered that the German Enlightenment occurred after the Dutch publications of Spinoza and Meyer. It wasn´t simultaneous to what occurred…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 4. Who moved the ways of the Enlightenment Part A. The Dutch.
Have a beautiful weekend. Today is about setting your palate into the entrée dish. Our saga starter platter is about understanding at least the main relevant points of each of the begetters of the Enlightenment period. We decided to begin our month of February by answering the question of Who was who in the Enlightenment.…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 3. How did the Enlightenment develop?
Gybing before the 1500s. Before the preparation of this saga, I wasn´t too prone to describe the enlightenment as the historians’ gurus or erudite authors specialized in modern history have written about it. In consequence, my own authorship inclination and storyline has been to try to discover and connect the way in which business (and…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 2. What is Enlightenment?
Have a beautiful weekend. This episode is long, but created with caring and devotion for all of you. So let´s begin. Additionally, as usual, we have prepared the set of slides for today. Special attention is slide number 5. Read it twice, please. Approximation to the enlightenment definition. Our views.When trying to define this concept…
From the Enlightenment to Business Models. Episode 1. Introduction
Hello Hello again.After a well-deserved vacation, here we are furthermore, with hugs of gratefulness to all our adorable readers who have been our rock of support during the last sagas. Our appreciation and greatest wishes to all of you during 2023. Particularly we are rejoiced to accompany all your heart desires in accordance with your…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 30. Summary and Conclusions.
After everything has been said and done, what can I write or paint to you? “Loving to read as a strategist” watercolors were dedicated to displaying the “Amour Verte” collection, books, coffee cups and teddy bears. Next year we will paint other subjects and themes. Each year demands us new motives in painting. Learning to…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 29. Research Agenda on reading for the next 15 years.
Never judge a book by its cover.There are many treasures hidden under covers which are not probably the most beautiful ones. Our reading experience shouldn´t be determined by what we see outside the book but from the inside out. Today´s opportunity to write to you is about the enlightenment of reading for all. As reading…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 28. Becoming a strategist since kindergarten.
An amazing weekend is coming, and we will finish our goals of the week with the 28th episode of the saga. Today is about igniting the spirit of awe, wandering, and discovery in our kids. It is about keeping them challenged, on their tip-toes for learning, through different and multiple activities. It is about asking…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 27. Reading content as a strategist
We completed our Holiday embellishment weekend with success. Mom and I were adorning the house, here and there, fixing petit lights, decorating wreaths, and hanging ornaments. The old Belen birth representation of Jesus’ nativities and the Christmas trees are already illuminating our surroundings. This season is pure hygge and merrymaking for us. We are ready…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 26. The core of the strategist mind.
Trying to catch up with Christmas decorations at home is what awaits me for the weekend. Nevertheless, today we are required to continue with our journey. Have you noticed that we are almost done? Only 4 publications more and we will finish the Autumn-Winter saga of 2022. Incredible, how time passes by. The Winter-Spring saga…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 25. Libraries matter.
A Merry Cheery Christmas 2022 is coming soon. So far so good, we are honored for your presence, and your reading devotion to keeping up with me, no matter your problems. This little act of reading to me implies that you have decided to spend time learning with us. The fact that you always return…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 24. Reading and NAIQIs
Our first weekend of December has landed, and the Christmas decorations are settling everywhere to enlighten us for the coming holidays. Today we are going to make a summary of the main aspects in which the combo of NAIQIs the acronym of Nanotechnology, Artificial Intelligence (including automation and robotics), Quantum Supremacy, and the Internet has…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 23. Reading as Leisure.
Wishing you a beautiful first week of December. Today my parents have accomplished one of the major goals in their holy matrimony, parenthood, and grandparenting. They got married 53 years ago. Given the occasion, it is an honor for me to praise them, and wish them more years to come to celebrate their triumph as…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 22. Reading as a need or want, as a tradition or as a fashion
Enjoy your last weekend of November. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Today our adventure journey leads us to the subject of understanding what is the meaning of looking at reading as a need, as a want, as a heritage tradition, or a trendy fashion. Each view is completely distinct, and you will comprehend why at the…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 21. The information that we read.
Today our exploration journey leads us to the subject of the information. This will be a challenging drill for me because I will not utilize any third-party references to support my text. The only outsourced articles that I have read, are some academic journals that helped me to draft the slide of the DIKW continuum,…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 20. Publishing Industries and the Internet Part B.
Have a magnificent weekend ahead. As promised in our last episode, today is the turn for the second section (Part B) of the chapter 19 “Publishing industries and the Internet”. Let´s begin. Before continuing with our reading, please download the slides that we have prepared for you. These are the base for the strategic reflections…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 19. Publishing Industries and the Internet. Part A.
Have a beautiful week. We wish you a blessed and amazing adventure with your reading goals. Today´s post is extended (in the slides), and it is simple too. I have focused on using Porter´s 6 forces framework to understand the current big picture of publishing. Given the vast nature of the publication industries, we decided…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 18. The business of reading.
Why did our corporate strategy representatives provoke to implement what it isn´t been studied and proven yet by specialists, scientists, and experts from different fields? Why are the technologies (and the new inventions coming from the technology sector) driving what our societies need, or want? Why are we galloping behind the technology sector, when it…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 17. Who enjoys reading & if you don’t like to read.
Today it is the turn to make strategic reflections about the difference between those who enjoy reading by their own will, and those who do not like to read. As we discovered in our last chapter, our learning attitudes and competencies are connected to our life since the mother´s womb. We have understood that since…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 16 part B. The reading brain of kids. Strategic Reflections
In my last episode, we didn’t write the strategic reflections with a specific teaching purpose. We wanted you to see, feel and comprehend the contrast between encoding and decoding information, in comparison to completing the reading cycle: decoding-comprehending-responding. Literacy at the highest level occurs when we can perform personal detailed inferences and strategic reflections. When we…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 16 Part A. The reading brain of the kids.
Have a beautiful first Friday of November. Today I will be brief because I wish to teach through my own role-modeling what is the meaning of developing good strategic reflection explanations, in comparison to reading information. Let´s proceed by reading and understanding the slides. Let´s start our today´s tour there. Today I won´t write strategic…
“Loving to read as a strategist”. Episode 15. Is reading the same as Learning?
A stunning first day of November 2022 extends its days as a gift of love from God for all of us. Hoping you can make of this month a fantastic and thankful season for your terms of endearment. Let´s get going because today we have prepared slides and a tour that wishes to explain what…
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